French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged on Friday that he left Washington after talks this week with President Donald Trump with scant hope that the European Union would avoid U.S. trade tariffs.

China’s officials condemned President Trump for his decision to add a 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports over the country’s alleged complicity in the international smuggling of fentanyl, a

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said his proposed 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods will take effect March 4 along with an extra 10% duty on Chinese imports because deadly drugs are still pouring into the U.

Rubio expressed his belief that China "could halt" the flow of precursors immediately but opted not to, as cited in the RFA report

By Citing fentanyl as the reason, the US government announced on Thursday it would hit goods from China with a new 10 percent tariff from March 4. This

The U.S. next week will impose an additional 10% tariff on imports from China over its role in the fentanyl trade, the president said.

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has criticized the U.S. for using the fentanyl issue as a pretext to threaten China. Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian also noted that there are no winners in trade and tariff wars.

Trump's new tariff threat are of fresh tariffs which come in addition to the previous 10 per cent one levied on February 4.